subdued
adjective
quiet; inhibited; repressed; controlled.
half-subdued
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a word derived from
subdued.
Example Sentences
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The appalled man stands for a few seconds as unmoved as a statue; and then, turning with a half-subdued smile, takes the hand of the other, coldly.
From Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter by F. Colburn (Francis Colburn) Adams
I noticed Jill looking towards him with a half-subdued smile of mischief on his face.
From Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers by Gordon Stables
No answer came but a low, half-subdued sigh.
From Barrington Volume II (of II) by Charles James Lever
When the mushroom season came in, the market assumed an aspect of half-subdued brilliancy with the many sombre and high-colored varieties of that fungus.
From Russian Rambles by Isabel Florence Hapgood
A throng of half-subdued grievances choked in her: she wanted to burst into sobs like a child.
From The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton
